Stormwater Maintenance and Operations at New Zealand's Most Critical Road Network - Auckland Motorways

Stormwater Conference

The Auckland motorway network supports much of the social and economic activity of the greater Auckland region, with nearly 1,000,000 vehicle trips per day, and carrying over 10% of the nation’s traffic the motorway network has the highest criticality rating of any road network in New Zealand – For a liveable city and communities, good stormwater management, maintenance and operation is essential at Auckland motorways.

The Auckland Motorway Alliance (AMA) maintains and operates the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) Auckland network and is dedicated to improving the motorway experience for all stakeholders. Our focus is delivering safe, efficient, and reliable travel.

In addition to all elements of a traditional stormwater network the motorway has New Zealand’s highest concentration of stormwater treatment devices. Significant focus is being placed on the stormwater assets to deliver safe and whole of life value for money maintenance and operational activities and outcomes. Maintenance and operations includes keeping the motorway free of stormwater safety risks like vehicle aquaplaning, to ensure that the motorway is not made impassable by flooding, and to effectively manage network vulnerability risks such as aged and collapsing culverts, and to manage environmental risks such as pollution and legal compliance with resource consents.

Industry has not always been well informed of the outcome and operational needs of the Auckland motorway stormwater network. This presentation will cover some key maintenance and operational lessons and innovations by the AMA that help contribute towards making Auckland City the most liveable city in the world – some of the AMA learnings will be of relevance and ‘transportable’ to other stormwater networks throughout the Asia-Pacific Region.

Conference Papers Resource - Conference Papers Stormwater

2. Peter Mitchell.pdf

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22 Jun 2016